1. 1 Welcome to the Policy SIG APNIC 21 Thursday 2 March 2006

2. 2 Policy SIG Charter –The charter of the Policy SIG is to develop policies and procedures which relate to the management and use of Internet address resources by APNIC, NIRs, and ISPs within the Asia Pacific region Chair: Kenny Huang 1st Co-chair: Toshiyuki Hosaka 2nd Co-chair: Eugene Li

3. 3 Policy documentation Current policies –http://www.apnic.net/docs/http://www.apnic.net/docs/ Draft policies –http://www.apnic.net/docs/drafts/http://www.apnic.net/docs/drafts/ Policy proposals –http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/proposalshttp://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/proposals

4. 4 Policy development timeline 0-4 wks8 weeks3 mo Proposal Comment period Meeting discussion Consensus Report to AMM Consensus EC endorsement Comment period Implementation NeedDiscussImplementConsensus

5. 5 Facilitating the process Policy development facilitation –APNIC secretariat is first contact –SIG chairs check suitability –Discussion in appropriate mailing list –Discussion in upcoming SIG and AMM Want a policy change? –Discuss with peers –Submit a proposal using the form Don’t need to be a member to participate Secretariat happy to assist if needed –http://www.apnic.net/cgi-bin/policy_proposal.plhttp://www.apnic.net/cgi-bin/policy_proposal.pl

6. 6 Your involvement Awareness of current policy discussion –http://www.apnic.net/mailing-lists/sig-policy/http://www.apnic.net/mailing-lists/sig-policy/ –Subscribe to post comments to the list –Attend APNIC meetings –Access via remote participation –Read minutes and meeting report Seek secretariat assistance

7. 7 Housekeeping Speakers - please speak slowly and clearly Session is being Webcast Remote participation is possible (jabber chat) Open participation Please use the mic to speak Decisions by consensus (not a vote) Approach common agreement and compromise

8. 8 Open action items pol-20-001 Pending approval at each remaining stage of the policy development process, Secretariat to continue coordinating global acceptance of this policy [prop-005-v004]. pol-20-002 Pending approval at each remaining stage of the policy development process, Secretariat to continue coordinating global acceptance of the HD-ratio component of this policy (prop-031-v001).prop-031-v001 pol-20-003 APNIC Secretariat to refer further discussion of the LIR survey to the mailing list.